Sierra Leone, Republic. A General Service Medal 1965 certificate_of_authenticity Dido and Calcutta

Dido and Calcutta

posting for the reserve base and interior line of communication

brittle liner and crown pad

bearing a hand-embroidered gold bullion wire Kriegsmarine-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Private Albert Hugo Oder was with the 54th Infantry Battalion

Sierra Leone, Republic. A General Service Medal 1965 certificate_of_authenticity Dido and CalcuttaInstituted in 1965. In silver gilt, measuring 32. 2 mm in diameter, very light contact, original ribbon with pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The General Service Medal was instituted in 1965, to be awarded to British forces on secondment to the Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces and was awarded for service in Sierra Leone and adjacent countries, provided that their service had not been acknowledged by any other General Service Medal. The medal is